tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post1578909549203864580..comments2023-04-03T08:07:44.584-04:00Comments on Welcome to Genealogy By Ginger!: First Look at my Family Finder ftDNA ResultsGinger Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-41739475274812525632012-04-12T21:06:55.028-04:002012-04-12T21:06:55.028-04:00Hi Anonymous, my grandfather took the Y-DNA test a...Hi Anonymous, my grandfather took the Y-DNA test and to date we have 12 matches that are same surname. And hundreds more of a different surname. You might want to try the family finder test if you did not have any Y-DNA matches or try uploading your Y-DNA results to Ysearch.org to get more matches. Hope this helps!Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-69157898684607588802012-04-12T18:28:43.200-04:002012-04-12T18:28:43.200-04:00Hi Ginger, my question is How many matches you had...Hi Ginger, my question is How many matches you had before the test of family finder? I just match one person 12/12 and other 23/25 and I have my gedcom for the last 200 years, so I think is unuseful for me. How can I change my mind?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-56011811976465160972011-06-24T13:24:14.169-04:002011-06-24T13:24:14.169-04:00Thank you Tonia and Valerie for your suggestions. ...Thank you Tonia and Valerie for your suggestions. I am already swamped by email as it is, so I have been taking it easy with contacting my matches. I think the first couple of weeks I emailed 2 people and then 2 people emailed me on their own. <br /><br />I am also working with several people in my Y-DNA surname project that I manage who are taking the Family Finder test and even though they don't show up as matches to me, I am finding several people in common between us. So that keeps me busy too. <br /><br />I'm just kind of dipping my toes into all the various options we have to play with. I DO like the Gedcoms too...Ginger Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453442334718861407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-43218069513532558122011-06-24T01:01:35.145-04:002011-06-24T01:01:35.145-04:00I don't put a lot of time in looking at surnam...I don't put a lot of time in looking at surnames aside from a quick glance. And I usually check the "Exact Spelling for Matches" box up in the filter area. I do a better job browsing the surnames listed just looking for matches than their "soundex" does finding matches.<br /><br />Rather than use the surnames listed, I browse their gedcom if they have one. Failing that, I send them an email including my surnames, locations and a link to my family tree. I've found that most of my matches are happy to email back and forth looking for connections. Some have been obvious, others difficult, many are so far impossible. Most of my matches are 6th cousins or further back.<br /><br />Some recommendations for contacting matches: limit yourself to a few emails a day. When I first got started I emailed all of my "close" matches at once and got overwhelmed when most of them responded. Also, when I email someone, I add a note next to their name to indicate that I did so. Otherwise I forget who I've contacted and have to go searching through emails.<br /><br />And like Tonia said, sometimes you just need to take a breakAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232674112099044776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7077574950918175884.post-23401597156167841022011-06-23T22:35:59.068-04:002011-06-23T22:35:59.068-04:00Hi Ginger, I agree. It's a lot harder than I ...Hi Ginger, I agree. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. So far everyone I've matched with either shares multiple surnames with me (so how do you know which is the match?) or no surnames at all.<br /><br />I go back and forth. I'll work on my matches for a little while to try to identify the connection, then I get burned out and step away for a few weeks (or months). <br /><br />Good luck!Toniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688040686852110671noreply@blogger.com